so much difficultly getting light guns to work.. please help..

[greenday8616]

I'm going crazy here.. ive bought an aimtrak.. couldn't get it to work.. so i tried the ems topgun 3 and i still can't figure it out.. ive read every forum but I don't know what i'm not doing properly. It recognizes the driver in windows and installs.. then I start edited my cfg file to enable a mouse and a lightgun.. i go to set the y axis and it recognizes it as the x axis everytime.. I don't understand why this is... also the gun becomes unresponsive as a mouse in mame after a while...

[Dawgz Rule]

I seemed to have had similar issues but now have my aimtrak running well.  Here are some things I did to improve the performance:

1. Moved the lightbar closer to the monitor.  I drilled some holes in the monitor bezel and mounted the lightbar behind the bezel, just above the monitor.  This improved the response dramatically.
2. Double check your mame.ini settings.  The aimtrak has very specific settings that need to be followed or it won't work correctly.  I missed this the first time around.
3. I am assuming that you are using the gun to set the x and y axis?  If so, you may find it easier to manually edit the default.cfg.  I found this to be easier than using trying to ensure I was moving the gun on only the x or y axis during setup.
4. Calibrate the guns at the same resolution of the game you are playing.  Also, there are some game specific settings that may also help you by hitting F2 from within the game.

Played Area51 last night without issues and I will say that the guns add a nice touch to my cab.

Also, don't hesitate to reach out to Andy at Ultimarc.  He is very responsive and truly stands behind his products. 

[BadMouth]

don't enable lightgun in the ini file

[greenday8616]

thank you.. i havent even touched the default cfg file.. what should i edit in there?? the led lights are actually mounted to the moniter so they cant really get any closer.. it seems like aimtrak and ems topgun pretty much have the same setup process...

[BadMouth]

then I start edited my cfg file to enable a mouse and a lightgun..

thank you.. i havent even touched the default cfg file.. what should i edit in there??

Instructions start on pg 11:
http://www.ultimarc.com/AimTrak%20Setup%20Guide.pdf

 

[Dawgz Rule]

One other thing I seem to recall is to check your dual lightgun option.  Should be set as follows:

#
# INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS
#
dual_lightgun             0

Even if you have dual light guns, this should be set to 0.